We recently watched the Russian Special Forces getting their first batch of AK-12s. In this Photo Of The Day, we’re looking at the 1st Guards Tank Army (Taman Armored Division near Moscow) as they get their first batch of modernized T-90M tanks. The Russian T-90 [Read More…]
POTD, short for Photo Of The Day, is TFB’s recurring articles where we provide you the best pictures and stories out there. Today we visit Khabarovsk, which is the largest city of Khabarovsk Krai, Russia, located about 30 kilometers (about 19 miles) from China. [Read More…]
Nowadays, if a country doesn’t have domestic production of AR-15 pattern rifles, then it either has very restrictive firearms ownership and manufacturing licensing legislation or just a very small and immature arms industry. With the modern CNC machinery and [Read More…]
Operators from Russia’s 24th ObrSpN (or 24th Spetsnaz Brigade) have appeared in a video from a recent training exercise equipped with the new AK-12 5.45x39mm rifles. The short video shows a Spetsnaz team intercepting a truck to acquire ‘valuable [Read More…]
Today we’re going to take a look at what might be hiding in the high grass, so beware. The pictures are from Russian Troops in the Pridnestrovian Moldavian Republic. Translated from Russian: Snipers of the Task Force of the Russian troops in Transnistria passed [Read More…]
Back in 2016, Kalashnikov Concern officially introduced the SVCh Chukavin Sniper Rifle (Снайперская Винтовка Чукавина – СВЧ) which was initially called SVK. The gun was designed to replace the venerable SVD Dragunov Sniper Rifle, [Read More…]
Russian ORSIS has announced that they have set up a manufacturing line to produce AR-15 pattern rifles chambered in .223 Remington. The new rifles are called ORSIS-AR15J. They seem to be pretty standard configuration rifles but if priced right they should have a high [Read More…]
Today’s Photo is from the shores of Kaliningrad, a city in the administrative centre of Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave between Poland and Lithuania on the Baltic Sea. Check out the location on the map, it’s a bit odd piece of land. We’re looking [Read More…]
While browsing the Russian firearms/defense news, I came across an article published on the website of Russian newspaper Izvestiya telling about a new bolt action rifle called Phantom H. This rifle is made by a Russian company called Bespoke Gun which as its name [Read More…]
Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation has announced that the first batch of 8,000 AK-12 rifles were issued to the units of the Central Military District of Russian Armed Forces. The personnel will get familiar with the new rifles in the proving grounds located [Read More…]
Russian RIA Novosti news agency reports that Albert Bakov, the CEO of TsNII TochMash, informed them that the first batch of new Udav pistols is delivered to the Russian military for field testing. Normally, large-scale field testing is the final stage before adoption. [Read More…]
Kalashnikov Concern have confirmed that their new light machine gun the RPK-16 has been adopted by Russia’s National Guard, the Rosgvardia. Back in September, the National Guard of Russia announced their purchase of a small number of the new AK-200 series of [Read More…]
In the forum of Russian MOLOT Oruzhie‘s website, there is a thread where photos of a prototype 9mm pistol caliber carbine are shared. They call it Agishevskiy pistol-carbine. Although the information about this PCC is very scarce, they shared a number of pictures [Read More…]
Today’s Photo Of The Day shows HMS St Albans during an intercept and escort of Russian Missile Cruiser Marshall Ustinov in the British Channel. Above you see a crew member of the HMS St Albans manning a Minigun (M134). The Mk44 Minigun is a ship-mounted [Read More…]
Russia’s Rosoboronexport, which is part of the Rostec State Corporation, is launching a Global marketing campaign to promote their new AK200 series manufactured by the Kalashnikov Concern. The AK200 series currently have the following versions: AK200, AK203, AK204 [Read More…]
This new cartridge is designed by a Russian company called Techcrim – the co-developer of the .366 TKM and 9.6x53mm Lancaster cartridges. The .345 TK cartridge is based on the 5.45x39mm case that has been shortened to 22mm (.866″) and loaded with rather odd [Read More…]
A few months ago, TFB’s Hrachya reported on the Udav pistol as a likely contender to replace the aging Makarov pistols currently in the Russian military service. According to RG.ru and RT.com in January 2019, the military is hoping for a quick replacement of the [Read More…]
Do you remember the postcards from the German Kampfschwimmers? In Mother Russia they have Frogmen too and they are jealous. The Germans went to a warmer, tropical location. Smart move. The Russians got winter and ice, but they managed to get these Postcards to us from [Read More…]
Russian MOLOT Oruzhie arms factory shared on the forum of their website several images of a submachine gun that is currently in development. This firearm is called Mokrushin SMG. Besides the caliber (9x19mm), the name of the weapon and the three images that you can see [Read More…]
A Russian group of companies called “Promishlenniye Technologii” (“Промышленные Технологии”, means “Industrial technologies”) which includes the ORSIS arms factory, as well as the Tula and Ulyanovsk ammunition [Read More…]
Imagine that we would have a time machine that can only go forward in time. What a great tool it would be to for politicians and legislators! Before you enact the law, you can time travel and see the effect that this particular law had on society. Let’s take for [Read More…]
Russia has responded to the suggestion that US manufacturers made copies of their small arms designs for use by Special Operations Command and the US’ allies. With US-Russian relations at a low, recent press attention surrounding the US’ desire for [Read More…]
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ADAR is one of the relatively new Russian firearm brands. We’ve earlier reported about the AR-15 and new straight pull rifle made by this company. During the Arms & Hunting 2018 exhibition, we had a chance to take a closer look at these guns and talk to [Read More…]
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TFB has attended the Arms & Hunting 2018 exhibition which was held in Moscow, Russia. By the end of the month, we’ll publish several articles dedicated to the most interesting firearms and accessories that we saw during this event. In this article, we’ll [Read More…]
On September 19, while reporting the Gunsmith’s Day events in Izhevsk, a Russian TV channel showed non-firing prototypes of a modular weapon system designed by the students of Kalashnikov Izhevsk State Technical University. The modular design of the rifle is [Read More…]
Russia’s National Guard, the Rosgvardia, has placed orders with Kalashnikov Concern for several hundred of the company’s new AK-200 rifles and AK-205 carbines. The AK-200 and AK-205 are 5.45x39mm variants of the new improved AK-200 series of rifles. The [Read More…]
During the ARMY 2018 International Military-Technical Forum, Russian Rostec state corporation has introduced a new unmanned underwater vehicle called Nerpa. The most interesting feature of this UUV is definitely its armament. The Nerpa UUV is armed with an APS [Read More…]
A few months ago, I had a pleasure of working with Larry Vickers on his trip to Russia. I wanted to highlight some weapons we shot for the TFB readers and give a little background about why and how certain weapons were developed. Today we will talk about one of my [Read More…]
Russian Federal Security Service (FSB (ФСБ)) in cooperation with the Russain Ministry of Internal Affairs and National Guard seized a large cache of illegal firearms that were smuggled from Europe to Russia. When trying to identify these firearms, I was amazed to see [Read More…]
Kalashnikov Gun Magazine has published images of the new Russian Udav pistol chambered in 9x21mm Russian. The pistol is designed by the TsNII TochMash. Various media sources have been speculating with the possible adoption of this pistol but up until now, there were no [Read More…]